The Slender Man
Creator Dan says this image was made with Photoshop CS5.Points for:Loving old memes and recreating the fuzzy look in so many famous cryptid photos. Plus, there is something genuinely creepy about this image.

Dragonlizard
Creator Dennis says:

Made by some tinkering with the grand old Photoshop. Combining a picture of a lizard and a dragonfly, then adding the red.

Points for: Making it look pretty, and playing on people's natural tendency to think all insects are cryptids.

Sasquatch
Creator Lew says:

Re-proportioned a photo of a gorilla in photoshop and put it in a new background.

Points for: Sticking to the classics.

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